Just like a Google map, you can zoom in and out. Familiar territory for most of us. But note the little red numbers. They correspond to specific places. Click in, and you’re asked to comment on issues that previous visitors have noted (either online, or at during some of the late-winter public meetings).

Noisy students on Buell Street? or is it clueless landlords? Cast your vote, and/or create your own beef (others have!).
Click to the Moran Plant: the vote tally on whether to tear the whole thing down is running neck-in-neck — or rather, in iconic thumbs-up and-down.

You can start your own comment thread while mulling through others’ notions of what’s good, bad or missing. And you can toggle between the map view and a list of among 34 topics, ranging from Activities/Events to Zoning.

The whole shooting match is part of the city’s attempt to improve planning procedures and codes. This cloud’s-eye-view makes it fun.

And while we’re crowd/cloud-sourcing, can someone please recommend a new name for that site?

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